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C. S. C. CRANE.

Corn Sheller.

Patented May 27, 1856.

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CHARLES S. C. CRANE, OF TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO SAML. M.TINKHAM, OF SAME PLACE.

CORN-SHELLER.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 14,990, dated May 27, 1856.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, C. S. C. CRANE, of Taunton, in the county of Bristoland State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and ImprovedCorn-Sheller; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure1, is a longitudinal vertical section of my improvement, (a), (m), Fig.2, showing the plane of section. Fig. 2, is a plan or top view of ditto.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the twofigures.

My invention consists in the employement or use of a shelling wheel,toothed or corru-- gated on both sides, two elastic pressure bars andstops, and a feeding device arranged and operating as will be presentlyshown and described.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention, I will proceed to describe it.

A, represents a rectangular frame having a shaft B, placed on its upperpart, said shaft having a shelling wheel C, upon it. This wheel isprovided with radial teeth or projections (a), on each side. On one endof the shaft B, there is placed a pinion D, and on the opposite end acrank pulley E. The pinion D, gears into a toothed wheel F, which isplaced upon a shaft G, on the frame A. The inner end of the shaft G, hasa wiper wheel H, upon it and a crank I, is attached to its outer end.The shaft G, is the driving shaft of the machine.

J, is a shaft also placed on the frame A, and parallel with the shaftsB, Gr. The shaft J, has an arm K, on its outer end, and a pitman orconnecting rod L, is attached to the crank pulley E, and arm K, see Fig.2. To the shaft J, there are attached two upright rods (7)), (b), andthere is also placed loosely on said shaft an arm or lever M, one end ofwhich is made to bear against the under side of the wiper wheel H, by aspring To the opposite end of the arm or lever a vertical rod N, isattached.

0, represents an inclined board or chute which is secured to the upperpart of the frame A. The shelling wheel G, passes through the board orchute a slot being made through it to receive the wheel. On the board orchute O, and back of the shelling wheel there is placed a ledge orprojection P, the upper or outer end of which is beveled at both sidesto an edge, and Q, is a board which is connected by joints or hinges tothe outer end of the board or chute. The inner end of the board Q, restsupon the upper end of the rod N. The two upright rods (6), (7)), workthrough slots in the board or chute 0, one at each side of the ledge orprojection P.

R, R, are two bars which are pivoted to the lower part of the board orchute 0, one at each side of the shelling wheel C. Each bar has a spring(d), acting against the lower ends of the bars and pressing them againstthe sides of the shelling wheel. The upper ends of the bars have elasticplates (6), attached to them, one to each, the ends of said plates beingbent inward or toward the shelling wheel. The board or chute O, has aledge or projection S, around its edge as shown clearly in Fig. 2.

The operation is as follows. The ears of corn to be shelled are placedupon the board Q, and motion being given the driving shaft G the wiperwheel H, will give a shake motion to the board Q, by means of the rod N,and arm M, and the cars will pass down the board or chute 0, each sideof the ledge or projection P, and between the lower ends of the bars R,R, and the sides of the shelling wheel C, the springs (cl), (d),pressing the ears against the teeth or projections (a), on the sides ofthe wheel, the wheel as it rotates shells the corn from the cobs. Theupright rods (6), (b), prevent the cars from choking or becoming lodgedbetween the ledge or projection P, and the ledge S, and as the ears passbetween the shelling wheel C, and the lower ends of the bars R, R, thelower ends of the bars will be forced outward and the upper ends inwardand the plates (6), (e), serve as cut offs or stops and prevent morethan one ear from being shelled at once at each side of the wheel, seeFig. 2. The shelled corn passes into an inclined spout T, at the end ofthe frame A, and the cobs by the revolutions of the wheel C, are forcedover the spout and fall upon the ground, a cap U, is placed on the lowerend of the board or chute O, to prevent the corn and cobs being thrownupward from the board or chute.

The above implement is simple in construction not liable to get out ofrepair. It

the uprights (b), (b), and board Q, oper- 10 ated as shown, the aboveparts being arranged and operating conjointly as shown for the purposespecified.

CHARLES S. G. CRANE.

Witnesses:

I. P. DEANEs, THOMAS O. FALVEY.

